Thursday, 24 October 2019
We woke up and got ready for breakfast. The room at this B&B is pretty small, but the breakfast is really good, and check out the breakfast room. It is an old church.
The plan is to do a 2 hour hike this morning, but Tim was still not feeling well, so I guess the hike is off. That is OK. I have 2 more hikes planned in the next 2 days. So, we headed to Caernarfon where we are going to spend the next 3 nights. On the way, we drove over the Menai Suspension Bridge, opened in 1826. The designer is the same one as the suspension bridge in Conwy that was in yesterday's blog.
About 10 minutes over the bridge is the town of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. Click on the name to here how to pronounce it.
After taking a few photos at the train station, we drove 15 more minutes to Caernarfon. We are here for 3 nights, but the only tourist thing to do in this town is to tour the Caernarfon Castle. It was too early to check into our hotel, so we parked the car and headed straight to the castle.
This is another Edwardian castle, like the one in Cowy, built by Edward I around 1330. Even though the castle was never completed, it is pretty cool.
This is another Edwardian castle, like the one in Cowy, built by Edward I around 1330. Even though the castle was never completed, it is pretty cool.
The castle was used for the investiture of the the Prince of Wales (George V, Queen Elizibeth II's grandfather) in 1911 and again in 1969 (Prince Charles). In one of the towers they had a TV playing the Investiture of Prince Charles. Tim took a photo of the TV.
Prince Charles being crowned Prince of Wales by Queen Elizabeth II.
Here are more photos of the castle:
After spending a few hours walking around the castle, we left and Tim took a few good photos from outside the castle walls.
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